NOTES ON ACTING, an intermittent journal about acting on stage and film, as well as in life.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Current Audition Material

Duke Senior, Shylock, Henry IV, Leontes, Malvolio, Macbeth, King Lear, Orsino, and the occasional Dogberry are my current go-to Shakes monos. Not sure how I feel about 'em. The most difficult one for me is Dogberry, so I do it only in a pinch. Leontes is also tricky but he goes deep for me so I keep swatting away at him. I'm going to work on some Claudius and Petruchio, as well, and maybe brush up some Holofernes, whom I love. I need to rotate between enough monos so I always have something in the pocket with which I'm not too comfortable and makes me a little nervous to do.

The contemporary pieces I'm rotating are Roma, Roy Cohen, Johnny (Frankie & Johnny in...), Christy (Lieut of Inishman) and the occasional Midas. Gonna add in Hook, Lockhart, and Alfieri, which I haven't done in awhile. I'll do them better now. Dialects I'm least embarrassed to trot out are Dublin(ish) Irish, RP, and a soft R American Southern; a NY dialect too often alludes me, probably because I'm the kind of guy who says, "alludes me."

I have two on camera sides I'm currently doing but am keeping an eye out for more.

Actually, don't need the monos that often, any more, usually only for EPAs, which I hate and mostly avoid, and the occasional citywide open call, which I enjoy.